Ain Sefra

Collection title

The heritage guardians

ID

EPT00182

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

08/23/1981

Production year

1981

Abstract

The series is devoted to the oral and written Algerian cultural heritage, handed down from generation to another and preserved by individuals in the mosques and Zaouias of the country. Ain Sefra is equidistant from the town of Bechar, Mecheria and a significant number of ksour. Ksar Touit, once a center of cultural influence, holds many manuscripts preserved among the residents and in the library of the old mosque. Interviews with Sheikh Khlifi Lakhdar, poet and chronicler of the city of Ain-Sefra, Imam Tayeb Rahou, about the content of manuscripts kept in the library of the mosque of Touit and the origin of the ksar"s name.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Human and social sciences

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Architecture

Credits / Cast

• Benaicha Tahar - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1850 to 1900

Map locations

• Algeria - West - Ain Sefra

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

26m10

Additional information